For about an hour, No. 10 overall pick Mikal Bridges was one of the feel-good stories of draft night. The former Malvern product and Villanova wing, with his mother sitting next to him, seemed ecstatic that he’d get to stay at home in the greater Philadelphia area and play for the hometown 76ers. And given his 6-foot-7 frame and ridiculous 7-2 wingspan, the former Wildcat would have been a perfect fit with Philadelphia. The team badly needs low-usage floor-spacers around Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, and Bridges is arguably the best 3-and-D player to come out of the 2018 draft.

But by the time his press conference finished, Bridges was no longer a Philadelphia 76er. The reason? Phoenix had come over the top and blown Philadelphia away with a trade offer. The 76ers would receive the No. 16 pick — which would afford them the opportunity to select the No. 2 player on their board when they were on the clock at No. 10, Texas Tech guard Zhaire Smith — as well as...